Jeremiah 22:8

KJV1611 – Modern English

And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has the LORD done thus to this great city?

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  • Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

    Many nations will pass by this city and ask one another, 'Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?'

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    And many{H7227} nations{H1471} shall pass{H5674} by this city,{H5892} and they shall say{H559} every man{H376} to his neighbor,{H7453} Wherefore hath Jehovah{H3068} done{H6213} thus unto this great{H1419} city?{H5892}

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    And many{H7227} nations{H1471} shall pass{H5674}{(H8804)} by this city{H5892}, and they shall say{H559}{(H8804)} every man{H376} to his neighbour{H7453}, Wherefore hath the LORD{H3068} done{H6213}{(H8804)} thus unto this great{H1419} city{H5892}?

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    And all the people that go by this cite, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the LORDE done thus vnto this noble cite?

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    And many nations shall passe by this citie, and they shall say euery man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this great citie?

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    And all the people that go by this citie, shall speake one to another: Wherfore hath the Lorde done thus vnto this noble citie?

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbour, Wherefore hath the LORD done thus unto this great city?

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    And many nations have passed by this city, And they have said, each to his neighbour, For what hath Jehovah done thus to this great city?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    And many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Wherefore hath Jehovah done thus unto this great city?

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    And nations from all sides will go past this town, and every man will say to his neighbour, Why has the Lord done such things to this great town?

  • World English Bible (2000)

    Many nations shall pass by this city, and they shall say every man to his neighbor, Why has Yahweh done thus to this great city?

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    “‘People from other nations will pass by this city. They will ask one another,“Why has the LORD done such a thing to this great city?”

Referenced Verses

  • 1 Kgs 9:8-9 : 8 And at this house, which is exalted, everyone who passes by it shall be astonished, and shall hiss; and they shall say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 9 And they shall answer, Because they forsook the LORD their God, who brought forth their fathers out of the land of Egypt, and have taken hold of other gods, and have worshiped them, and served them: therefore, the LORD has brought upon them all this evil.
  • 2 Chr 7:20-22 : 20 Then I will uproot them from My land which I have given them; and this house, which I have sanctified for My name, I will cast out of My sight, and will make it a proverb and a byword among all nations. 21 And this house, which is exalted, shall be an astonishment to everyone who passes by it; so that they will say, Why has the LORD done this to this land and to this house? 22 And they will answer, Because they forsook the LORD God of their fathers, who brought them out of the land of Egypt, and embraced other gods, and worshiped them and served them; therefore He has brought all this calamity upon them.
  • Lam 2:15-17 : 15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth? 16 All your enemies have opened their mouth against you: they hiss and gnash the teeth: they say, We have swallowed her up: certainly, this is the day we looked for; we have found, we have seen it. 17 The Lord has done what He had planned; He has fulfilled His word that He commanded in the days of old: He has thrown down, and has not pitied: and He has caused your enemy to rejoice over you, He has exalted the strength of your adversaries.
  • Deut 29:23-26 : 23 And that the whole land is brimstone, salt, and burning, that it is not sown, nor bears, nor any grass grows therein, like the overthrow of Sodom, and Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, which the LORD overthrew in his anger and in his wrath: 24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean? 25 Then men shall say, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD God of their fathers, which he made with them when he brought them forth out of the land of Egypt: 26 For they went and served other gods, and worshipped them, gods whom they knew not, and whom he had not given to them:
  • Lam 4:12 : 12 The kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the enemy could enter the gates of Jerusalem.
  • Dan 9:7 : 7 O Lord, righteousness belongs to You, but to us belongs confusion of face, as it is this day; to the men of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and to all Israel, those near and those far off, through all the countries where You have driven them, because of their trespass which they have trespassed against You.
  • Jer 16:10 : 10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

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  • Jer 22:7
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  • Deut 29:24
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    24 Even all nations shall say, Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What does the heat of this great anger mean?

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  • Nah 3:7
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  • Zeph 3:6
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    75%

    22 Behold, I will command, says the LORD, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire; and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation without an inhabitant.

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    75%

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    2 Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; You have seen all the evil that I have brought upon Jerusalem, and upon all the cities of Judah; and, behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one lives there,

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    75%

    9 Then they shall answer, Because they have forsaken the covenant of the LORD their God, and worshiped other gods, and served them.

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    75%

    7 Your country is desolate, your cities are burned with fire: your land, strangers devour it in your presence, and it is desolate, as overthrown by strangers.

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    74%

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    74%

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  • Jer 16:10
    74%

    10 And it shall come to pass, when you show this people all these words, and they say to you, Why has the LORD pronounced all this great evil against us? or what is our iniquity? or what is our sin that we have committed against the LORD our God?

  • Lam 2:15
    74%

    15 All who pass by clap their hands at you; they hiss and shake their heads at the daughter of Jerusalem, saying, Is this the city that men call The perfection of beauty, The joy of the whole earth?

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    9 Shall I not visit them for these things? says the LORD: shall not my soul be avenged on such a nation as this?

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  • Jer 4:29
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    73%

    8 Because you have plundered many nations, all the remnant of the people shall plunder you; because of men's blood, and for the violence of the land, of the city, and of all who dwell therein.

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    8 Jerusalem has grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yes, she sighs, and turns backward.

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    8 And the Chaldeans shall come again and fight against this city and take it and burn it with fire.'

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    6 And nation was destroyed by nation, and city by city; for God troubled them with all adversity.

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    26 I beheld, and, lo, the fruitful place was a wilderness, and all its cities were broken down at the presence of the LORD, and by his fierce anger.